LC musical this weekend

The Lewis and Clark High School Musical Theatre, 521 W. Fourth Ave., will present “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.

The cost of admission is $7 in advance or $10 at the door. The doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call 354-7043.

Manito/Cannon Hill

Photo contest aids bicycle program

The Scoop, 1001 W. 25th Ave., will host a photo contest to benefit Pedals2People, a local bicycling nonprofit that promotes the use and reuse of bikes.

The contest calls for photographs of bicycles, or images taken from bicycles. For the months of December and January, the Scoop will display submitted photographs to be judged by The Scoop customers.

Photographs can be dropped off at The Scoop during business hours, or emailed to pedals2people@gmail.com, by Dec. 3. For more information, go to www.pedals2people.org/ projects.

Spokane County

Christmas Bureau helpers needed

Volunteers are needed for the 2007 Christmas Bureau, a joint effort of Catholic Charities of Spokane, Volunteers of America and The Spokesman-Review.

The bureau provides toys, books and candy to low-income people in the community. Last year, donations to the Christmas Fund, which is operated by The Spokesman-Review to raise money for the bureau, totaled more than $518,000. More than 31,000 people were served in the bureau’s two-week run.

This year’s bureau will open on Dec. 8, and close on Dec. 21. It will be open every day except Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Volunteers must be age 16 or older and will be required to attend an orientation lunch on Dec. 7 at noon. To volunteer, fill out an application at www. catholiccharitiesspokane.org.

Group gives chance to thank troops

“Giving Thanks,” a new program from America’s Defense Department’s America Supports You program, has arranged for holiday communications with U.S. military personnel deployed around the world, according to the American Forces Press Service.

Between 6 a.m. on Saturday and midnight Thursday, anyone wishing to express gratitude to the troops for their service can text a brief one- or two-line message to 89279. Each message sent will receive a response from an active-duty service member.

“We know that thousands of families will be sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner and thinking about loved ones who are far away from home serving their country. We are counting on other American families to take a moment during their holiday celebration to think of those families and their family members who are serving and say, ‘Thanks,’ ” said Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for internal communications.

Nevada/Lidgerwood

Girl Scouts collecting toys

The Girl Scout Troup 2220 in grades one through three at Lidgerwood Elementary School are collecting stuffed animals to give to hospitalized children at Shriners Hospital and the Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.

The stuffed animals will be collected until Dec. 15.

If you would like to donate, call Charity Wilbur at 484-8043.

COUNTRY HOMES

Events promote cultural awareness

Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Road, is celebrating Cultural Awareness Week through Friday with two events.

The Whitworth University Black Student Union will present the “I AM…” project today at 8 p.m. in the Hixson Union Building multipurpose room on the Whitworth campus.

The project explores identities, differences and similarities, and participants will craft mini stories about what makes individuals unique.

On Friday, the school will host its international banquet, “Celebrate the Song of our Humanity: Embracing the Rhythms of Every Life,” at 6 p.m. in the Whitworth University dining hall.

The evening will include food from India, Korea, Syria, Portugal, Sudan, Cambodia and South America. There will also be a fashion show and entertainment at 7 p.m., which will include steel drumming, Hawaiian dancing, Chilean dancing, Irish singing and more.

Tickets for the banquet are $10 for general admission, $8 for students, and $6 for children 12 and younger. They may be purchased by calling the schools information desk in the HUB at 777-3796 or are available at the door.

For more information about these events, call Michelle Bess at 777-4790.